Westfield, NJ

Westfield is a town in Union County of New Jersey.
In March 2018, Bloomberg ranked Westfield as the 99th
wealthiest place in the United States, and the 18th
wealthiest in New Jersey. According to a 2014 nationwide
survey, Westfield is considered to be the 30th-safest city
to live in the United States.

Downtown
Westfield's downtown features many local and national
stores, such as Lord & Taylor and several landmarks that
were shown and used in the NBC network television show Ed
such as the Rialto Theater. There are over 40 restaurants
and casual dining establishments throughout the downtown.
Downtown is located mostly north of the Westfield train
station. The downtown area has a mix of independent stores
and boutiques as well as national stores. Over one-third of
the retailers and restaurants have existed for 25 years or
more. Downtown Westfield, with over 200 retail
establishments and 400 commercial enterprises, is a regional
destination in New Jersey. In 2004, Westfield won the Great
American Main Street Award from the National Trust. In 2010,
Westfield was the winner of the America in Bloom contest for
communities with a population of 25,001–50,000 against the
other two towns entered in their category. Shopping and
dining in Westfield attracts citizens from other communities
across the state.

Parks and Recreation
The following parks are located in Westfield: Gumbert Park
(In 2018 the town voted to bring ice skating to the park in
winter), Mindowaskin Park, Lenape Park,
Tamaques Park.

Education
Public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth
grades attend the Westfield Public Schools. The district has
a central kindergarten, six neighborhood elementary schools
(grades 1-5), two middle schools (grades 6-8) divided by a
"North Side / South Side" boundary, and one high school
(grades 9-12). The schools in the district are Lincoln
School (grades PreK-K), Franklin Elementary School (1-5),
Jefferson Elementary School (1-5), McKinley Elementary
School (1-5), Tamaques Elementary School (1-5), Washington
Elementary School (1-5), Wilson Elementary School (1-5),
Roosevelt Intermediate School (6-8), Thomas Alva Edison
Intermediate School (6-8) and Westfield High School (9-12).
For high school, public school students from Westfield and
all of Union County are eligible to apply to attend the
Union County Vocational Technical Schools, which include
Union County Magnet High School, Union County Academy for
Information Technology, Union County Academy for Allied
Health Sciences, Union County Vocational Technical High
School and Union County Academy for Performing Arts. Holy
Trinity Interparochial School is a Middle States-accredited
Catholic school run by the three parishes of Holy Trinity
and St. Helen's in Westfield along with Our Lady of Lourdes
in Mountainside, which offers education from
pre-kindergarten to 8th grade and operates under the
auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Public Transportation
NJ Transit (NJT) provides passenger rail service from the
Westfield train station on the Raritan Valley Line to Newark
Penn Station with connecting service to New York Penn
Station. Westfield's position and schedule on the Raritan
Valley Line make it desirable for commuters, as several
times in the morning and evening rush hours a non-stop
service operates to/from Newark Penn Station. On these
non-stop services, the one-way journey time to/from NY Penn
Station is 50 minutes, or 20 minutes to/from Newark Penn
Station.

The NJT 113 bus route provides one-seat service to New York
City's Port Authority Bus Terminal seven days per week from
the town center, taking approximately one hour to NYC, with
additional service available along Route 22 on the northern
edge of the town (NJT bus routes 114 and 117), taking
approximately 45 minutes. The 59 route provides local bus
service between Plainfield and Newark

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